Studies In Presocratic Philosophy Volume 2: The Eleatics And Pluralists (routledge Library Editions: Ancient Philosophy)

The books in this set, originally published between 1939 and 1991: Focus on the concept of virtue, and in particular on the virtue of wisdom or knowledge, Study the pilgrimage of the Ancient World in its search for moral truth. Discuss the political implication of the spread of science in antiquity. Examine the nature of Pre-Socratic thought and the three pluralist responses of Empedocles, Anaxagoras and the early Atomists. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I STUDIES IN PARMENIDES -- II ELEATIC QUESTIONS -- III THE PRINCIPLES OF PARMENIDES' COSMOGONY -- IV ZENO OF ELEA's ATTACKS ON PLURALITY -- V ZENO AND THE MATHEMATICIANS -- VI RAVEN'S 'PYTHAGOREANS AND ELEATICS' -- VII A NOTE ON ZENO B I -- VIII A NOTE ON ZENO'S ARROW -- IX ZENO'S RACE COURSE -- X LOVE AND STRIFE IN EMPEDOCLES' COSMOLOGY -- XI EMPEDOCLES AND THE CLEPSYDRA -- XII ANAXAGORAS' THEORY OF MATTER -- XIII THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF ANAXAGORAS The articles in this volume deal with the four major philosophical positions of the presocratic period: The arguments of Parmenides and Zeno against earlier or contemporary pluralist theories The three pluralist responses of Empedocles, Anaxagoras and the early Atomists. After a brief examination of the values which dominated Homeric society and the subsequent aristocracies, the central portion of the book is an account and analysis of the moral ideas which illuminated the Greek, Roman and Hebrew worlds during the classical period.